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After the tank clicked full, I unfolded the map across the steering wheel. It would take me thirteen hours to get to Florida. Thirteen hours and almost nine hundred miles from the place where I was born for the chance that I might really live.
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Born.A.Reader

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America | Barbara Ehrenreich

💼 The constant baby-sitting and cleaning up unnecessary messes that shouldn't be made if people planned better (I'm in Procurement).
💼💼 Tagged. The author works several different jobs (under cover, technically) to illustrate the living wage gap and how hard it is to get ahead and stay ahead financially. Great read.
@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView I feel you on #1. Thanks for playing 2mo

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LeafingThroughLife

Such Kindness | Andre Dubus

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Once a builder and a family man, Tom Lowe Jr finds himself approaching rock bottom after falling from a roof. Unable to work, Tom lost his wife and his son as he spiraled into addiction and has crash landed in subsidized housing feeling angry and useless. When the bottom rises up to meet him, Tom…bounces. With his eyes opened to the people around him, he begins to learn to play the hand he was dealt. ⬇️

LeafingThroughLife All the grace that was missing from House of Sand and Fog is here in spades, almost to the point of being overdone. Dubus draws human pain and hopelessness so realistically that it demands to be tempered. In House of Sand and Fog it wasn‘t, but in this book Dubus gives grace along with humanity to his characters as they learn to care for each other in their own flawed ways. This book and Tom‘s lessons feel important. Glad I gave Dubus another try. 3mo

BarbaraBB Interesting. I loved House of Sand and Fog and I guess you didn‘t. I am now very interested in this one! 3mo

LeafingThroughLife @BarbaraBB I thought House of Sand and Fog was really well written but it was so unrelentingly bleak that my lasting impression of it is of extreme frustration. If it hadn‘t been good, I wouldn‘t have cared enough to be frustrated, but I couldn‘t love it because of that. I think this one did a similarly good job of making me care about struggling characters, but there‘s a little more hope baked in. Would love to hear what you think if you read it! 3mo

BarbaraBB Thanks! I much appreciate your heads up and will stack the book! 3mo

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AnneCecilie

Poverty, by America | Matthew Desmond

#12Booksof2024 February

Choosing a book didn‘t get any easier for February, but since I highlighted a fiction book in January I thought I should highlight a nonfiction in February

Other honorable mentions are: Christmas at the Beach Hut by Veronica Henry, The Swifts by Beth Lincoln and The Strangeworld Travel Agency by L. D. Lapinski

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Andrew65 Poverty is something we shouldn‘t need to discuss in the mid 21st century but is a growing problem due to the greed of corporations. (edited) 3mo

AnneCecilie @Andrew65 I couldn‘t agree with you more. This book looks at the mechanisms that keep people poor 3mo

Andrew65 @AnneCecilie That greed seems to get worse by the year! 3mo

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Deblovestoread

Poverty, by America | Matthew Desmond

#AuldLangSpine #2024

💙 I read 8 off this fantastic list from @Christine this year and have a few more on my TBR. My favorite Fiction was All the Sinners Bleed and nonfiction Finding Me but all 8 were excellent.

And as inspired by @Amiable my favorites from past years:

2020. @Jerdencon We Were the Lucky Ones
2021 MadDashReading The Glass Hotel
2022 @thewallflower0707 The Book of Longings (F) & All the Young Men (NF)
2023 @Amiable ⬇️

monalyisha

Deblovestoread Count the Ways (F) & The Family Roe (NF). I can‘t state enough how much I love this “swap”, so many wonderful books I might not have found on my own. So my thanks to you all for enriching my reading life. 💙💙💙 (edited) 4mo

Deblovestoread I‘ve had trouble all year tagging Christine and can‘t again today so I hope you see this. And I think MadDashReading has a new handle but I can‘t remember it so if someone does would you mind reminding me and tag her in the comments? Thanks! 💙 4mo

monalyisha @Deblovestoread I‘ve been using my desktop computer to tag Christine (she‘s my match this year, as well). 😅 It works if you search her last name in conjunction with her first. I don‘t think it‘s possible on the app, though! 4mo

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Deblovestoread @monalyisha Thanks for the full name tip! 4mo

Amiable @Deblovestoread I‘m so happy to hear that you enjoyed several of my picks —and I totally agree with your comment about the discovery of fabulous books we might not have found on our own! 4mo

Christine Oh yay, this is such a thrill to read!!! 💙💙💙💙💙💙 Wasn't Finding Me incredible?? I kind of want to reread it right now. BUT, I won't be doing that, in part because I'm going to sneak in a few more from your list before the end of the year and am so excited to do so!!! 4mo

Christine And ugh, my evil username strikes again!!! 🤣 I'm sorry! I had no idea what I was doing when I (lazily) chose it. (And yes, searching for Christine Crofts works when tagging, I think - thanks @monalyisha !). 4mo

Christine Now I'm very curious to see @Amiable 's current and previous year lists, too! 😁 I don't know if I'll get to The Family Roe in 2024 but absolutely will eventually! 4mo

Amiable @Christine Email me at AmyBF45@ gmail.com and I‘ll send you the list I compiled for my swap partner this year! 4mo

Christine @Amiable You are so sweet! Emailing now! :) 4mo

Megabooks What a great list! I highly recommend An Immense World. I still think about it daily. 4mo

Amiable @Christine Sent you an email -- sorry it's so ... um...excessive. 😁 4mo

Christine @Amiable Not excessive in the least, and I can't wait to pore over and respond soon!! (In the throes of end-of-term grading for the five college courses I'm teaching, but the end is in sight!!) 4mo

Amiable @Christine Yikes! May the Force (of the red marking pen) be with you! 4mo

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AroundTheBookWorld

A Sky for Us Alone | Kristin Russell

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This was a truly remarkable story. It was something I really needed to read. It‘s a reminder that we can control our own fates. I strongly recommend reading this book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#ASkyForUsAlone #KristinRussell #book #books #booknerd #booknerds #booknerdsunite #booknerdy #booknook #booknation #nerd #nerds #nerdsunite #nerdy #bookmark #bookmarks #bookmarket #YoungAdult #Contemporary #Romance #RealisticFiction #Mystery #Fiction #Family #Poverty #Crime

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haleyperkins1

Maddi's Fridge | Lois Brandt

“Sometimes helping means doing the hardest thing, but it‘s the right thing.“

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Maddi's Fridge | Lois Brandt

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Maddi‘s Fridge is a tender, eye-opening story that teaches children about poverty, compassion, and standing up for others in difficult situations.

haleyperkins1

Maddi's Fridge | Lois Brandt

Maddi‘s family doesn‘t have enough food, and Sofia notices that Maddi‘s fridge is always empty. Despite her concerns, Sofia promises to keep Maddi‘s secret, but she knows she can‘t stand by without helping.

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A Sky for Us Alone | Kristin Russell